测

測

cè

verb HSK 4 #3,993

Meanings

1 to measure; to test; to survey
2 to predict; to estimate

Characters

to measure; to test

Contains the water radical 氵, originally related to measuring water depth.

Examples

护士给我测了体温。

Hùshi gěi wǒ cè le tǐwēn.

The nurse took my temperature.

这个很难预测。

Zhège hěn nán yùcè.

This is hard to predict.

先测一下血压吧。

Xiān cè yīxià xuèyā ba.

Let's measure the blood pressure first.

Stroke Order

测 cè